Oyster shells fight on shoreline erosion

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. – The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance is on a mission to protect from erosion and restore the area’s shorelines. The group began their largest project to date on May 30. Shoreline erosion is a big problem, says the group’s marketing Erika Zembello. "When you have lots of boats going by, the waves break against the banks and it actually causes the land to fall away into the bayou." The alliance and other organizations have volunteered-up to help restore the bay and stop erosion by collecting and drying out oyster shells and piling them high for that purpose. The group is partnering with Eglin Air Force Base. They are taking hundreds of tons of  recycled oyster shells and creating a new oyster reef off one of the Eglin AFB reservation bayous. (Source: WJHG-TV 05/30/17)